Alex’s mind was under attack.
The Mark wanted control, and wanted to bury it under failure after failure.
His mana was like an eel, slipping from his control.
But he fought both...
2023-08-31 21:20:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe spell array seemed to loom off the page like a monstrous demon lord.
Every twist in the diagram resembled claws, clenched to tear Alex’s mind apart. Every sharp curve was like salivatin...
2023-08-30 20:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post“Come in,” Professor Mangal’s voice called through the door.
‘Good, she doesn't have a class,’ Alex thought with relief as he stepped into her office.
She looked up from a not...
2023-08-29 20:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhile contemplating his rapid descent into old age, Alex walked downstairs, on his way to the Cells.
All around, first year students scurried about, searching for Cells they’d been assigned...
2023-08-26 22:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Alex, when are we going to learn about fire magic again?” Selina said, yawning as she came downstairs to the dining room. “I know you’re busy, but if you have time, I’d love to learn som...
2023-08-25 23:06:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you know that most members of our wizard-council have been regular customers of yours for months now?” Kartika, a councillor in the city of Generasi, asked Alex.
He raised an eyebrow...
2023-08-24 22:57:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Behold!” Alexander Roth announced in a voice booming with the majesty of a king as he seized the edge of a tarp. “A wonder of wonders! Majesty beyond majesty! The birth of a legend! The—...
2023-08-23 22:54:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody!
I just wanted to tell you that I am releasing a new project on royal road that was co-written by me and my good friend CJ Thompson. It's not related to Fo...
August 22nd Special Note: See the author's note below. No it's nothing bad, I'm okay and so is Fool. :)
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“Well, this is going to be an exciting day,” a smiling...
“The Saint of Thameland, eh?” The Stalker sat pondering his lord’s words.
Surprising words. Strange words.
As far as he knew, there was no enmity between the fae lord and the holy...
2023-08-19 23:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostClouds of white and grey hid the castle’s highest towers.
Below them, on the peak of a lofty mountain, the castle rose from a forest of gold and scarlet, filling the horizon. An irregular f...
2023-08-18 21:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostSuddenly, the air felt charged as the temple went still. Not even an errant cough broke the stillness.
Everyone’s eyes rested on the professor. Whether they watched her seeking comfort from...
2023-08-17 20:52:46 +0000 UTC View PostCarey’s parents were—from all appearances—just an average middle aged couple walking into the temple, and most in attendance reacted to them as such. There was no grand fanfare, no announceme...
2023-08-17 00:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Happy belated birthday, honey,” Alex said.
The twenty-year old huntress stopped untangling her hair in front of the mirror on her dressing table, pausing part way through a section of he...
2023-08-15 20:14:01 +0000 UTC View PostConvergent development.
A phenomena where two different individuals or groups craft a similar—but different—solution to try to solve the same problem.
Two cultures who live near lar...
2023-08-12 21:04:55 +0000 UTC View PostGrey.
The perfect word for the day.
Summer’s heat was waning.
Autumn rains were coming.
But this day didn’t find Alex preparing for his new classes. He wasn’t in the l...
2023-08-11 22:40:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Ten miles this time,” Alex Roth muttered, lost in thought.
Reaching into the energies of his soul, he called on the power of the Traveller, disappearing from the blazing hot sky, then re...
2023-08-10 22:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe massive xyrthak called across the Barrens of Kravernus, its mournful cry striking terror into every creature that heard it.
Roaming through the sun-blasted ground below, muupkaras and gor...
2023-08-09 20:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 22nd Special Note:
I have a surprise announcement after this. It's not related to Fool or Ogre's Pendant but for all of you interested in more stories? Wait for the ann...
Professor Jules looked at Alex like the only thing she wanted more than a strong drink was to simply crawl away.
“I take it this is urgent, Mr. Roth?” she said reluctantly.
A part o...
2023-08-05 20:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander Roth had lived a good part of his young life with swords hanging over his head.
After his parents died, he worked hard in McHarris’ bakery, saving every coin to help the Lu Family...
2023-08-04 21:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Stalker.
An ominous name for a seemingly innocent fae.
Or at least, he might have seemed innocent to the untrained eye; to the First Apostle’s well trained one, he looked...
2023-08-03 21:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostThere once was a man named Gabrian.
Well, more accurately, a boy named Gabrian.
His birth was an ordinary one, occurring in early summer as the trees filled with leaves and the...
2023-08-02 22:01:53 +0000 UTC View Post‘Damn Uldar to every hell and back!’ Alex thought.
Why would he design and make something like the Ravener? Why? The young wizard now had another shocking revelation about the god to cons...
2023-08-01 17:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostAfter two years of gathering information and knowledge.
After a year of Ravener-spawn, and dungeon core hunting.
After months of alchemical examinations of dungeon cores and hunting for...
2023-07-29 20:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe throne loomed ahead, rising at the other end of the chamber.
Uldar’s body slumped to the side just as it had when they’d first found him.
As it had for thirty-five hundred years...
2023-07-28 21:05:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe longer Alex and his companions explored Uldar’s sanctum, the more he learned about the god of Thameland.
First, it was clear that Uldar surrounded himself with reminders of past glories...
2023-07-27 22:25:46 +0000 UTC View PostTwo closed doors.
Two closed doors led from Uldar’s mead hall; their surfaces were completely smooth and lacked keyholes. The first door frame—on the left—was carved with painstaking de...
2023-07-26 21:16:51 +0000 UTC View PostFootsteps echoed through ominously quiet corridors of white stone.
Within the sanctum, the group moved cautiously, searching Uldar’s hallways, eyes constantly scanning for traps or guardian...
2023-07-25 22:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post
‘It is time for me to go.’
Those words hit Alex deep in his core.
Before him, Carey’s spirit was fading. Her voice was. Her image more indistinct. Soon, her spirit wo...
2023-07-22 16:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post